Second 211 Crew "person of interest" in Clements murder arrested

A man police described as a "person of interest" in the killing of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements has been captured, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office confirmed.

Police had been searching since last week for Thomas James Guolee, 31. They say he had been in contact with Evan Ebel in the days before Ebel is suspected of killing Clements on March 19 at his Monument home. Both men are members of the white-supremacist prison-gang 211 Crew, which has been a focus of the investigation.

Guolee was arrested by Colorado Springs police at 5:30 p.m. He was wanted on outstanding felony warrants unrelated to the Clements killing.

Police have not said what role, if any, Guolee played in the case except to say that he is an associate of Ebel, 28, who is also the suspect in the fatal shooting of Denver pizza-delivery driver Nathan Leon. Texas sheriff's deputies killed Ebel during a March 21 shootout. A gun found with his body was used to kill Clements.

Colorado Springs police captured another Ebel associate, James Franklin Lohr, 47, on April 5. He was arrested on outstanding warrants but has not been charged in connection to the Clements case.

Guolee's mother, who had urged him to surrender, said she was relieved by the news of his arrest.

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"My heart was just breaking because I thought I'd be getting a call that he was dead," Deborah Eck said.

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